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By Raquel Mustillo WATTLE Range mayor Des Noll has lambasted an interstate campaign focussed on upgrading the Green Triangle region’s key freight routes as “Victorian-centric” and warned unless a change of direction occurs it should be “scrapped”. Mr Noll took aim at the Green Triangle Region Freight Action Plan, an initiative involving South Australian and Victorian border councils, the timber and freight industries and the Port of Portland. Among the key actions of the plan is tar...

Premium Content Subscriber only Work is underway on $11.5 million worth of safety upgrades to the Peak Downs Highway, north of Clermont. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Michael McCormack said the Wolfang Road intersection would be upgraded, along with three sections of the highway, between Tea Tree Creek bridge and Myall Creek crossing. “The highway is being strengthened and widened, making it safer for oversized and over-mass vehicles...

Queensland Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey said traffic volumes were expected to increase on the Peak Downs Highway. “Just over 3km of road will be widened to 9m, with one-metre shoulders, to increase separation between heavy vehicles, caravans and light vehicles,” Mr Bailey said. “Widening three sections will enable safer overtaking opportunities, so drivers don’t take unnecessary risks. “We’re also tackling fatigue for heavy vehicle drivers by upgrading two informal ...

Orange Mayor Reg Kidd has welcomed the announcement to fund the upgrade of a rest area at Chinaman's Bend on the Mitchell Highway east of Orange. Member...

Premium Content Subscriber only A CONTROVERSIAL road upgrade that would benefit the Warwick trucking industry has been voted down by Southern Downs Regional Council, after significant community backlash. In late 2018, the council signed an agreement for funding under the Australian Government Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program to upgrade East St as well as two intersections. The development was meant to create a new route for B-double and heavy vehicles to reach the industrial est...